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Altera_Forum
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19 years agoOnboard clock issue
Hi all, I'm trying to learn on how to access the onboard peripherals of the Cyclone 2 Starter kit and having difficulties finding a simple example on how to use one of the available onboard 3 c...
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
19 years agoHey
I am not sure if you are messing up with basics... Dont overthink.. I believe its pretty straight forward and simple. Lets asuume your Top file is top_entity and your have a entity with a clock input. Ex: entity top_entity is port ( CLOCK :IN STD_LOGIC; --Your other Port declarations ); end top_entity; --Your Architecure and the logic design follow Just compile this top file of yours make sure you have no errors.. Once done go to assignments->Pin assignments Check up your schematic to know the pin number to which your say 50MHz is connected. In Pin assignments just assign that pin number to your entities CLOCK. This is all I guess..... I hope this is what you were strugling with...